NOTE: Before reading this article, you may enjoy watching AARP TV's three-minute YouTube video, "Presidential Pets" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d2GvRoEmXA . Speculation about the Obama family's...
created by denseatoms | 5 days ago | updated 5 days ago 172 views | 2 comments | 30 recommendations
In an open letter published in newspapers across President-elect Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, Obama thanks Illinois residents as he resigns from the United States Senate, effective today."Obama wrote about...
Sarah Palin, former vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. speaking to the annual meeting of the republican governors association, said her defeated party must return to core values for instance limited government...
"Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said he regrets the display of the ``Mission Accomplished'' sign as backdrop for a speech he gave about a month after the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. ``To...
highlighted by HollyS | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 23 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...
highlighted by yul3452 | 3 wks ago 38 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
This season is the last as ringmaster for Paul Binder. " Paul Binder, the 66-year-old founder, artistic director and ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus, will be stepping away from the tanbark next...
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, will be honored in 2009 with a series of new pennies depicting his life and rise to the presidency. The new designs for the Lincoln series pennies were...
highlighted by Tina Kells | 10 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 1256 views | 13 comments | 7 recommendations
"LINCOLN, Nebraska ― A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn’t properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit...
Cornell University's "New Student Reading Project" requires Garry Wills' book, "Lincoln at Gettysburg," to be read this year, with this justification:"Lincoln at Gettysburg invites readers to reflect on the ideals that should shape America’s national purpose and allows them...
opinion by in_excelsis | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 300 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
" MIAMI, October 7.— Puerto Rican Senator Jorge de Castro Font, arrested on October 2 by the FBI for corruption, has affirmed that he made a special visit to Florida in 2004 to deliver "a few little checks" of...
Vehicles can have multiple fuel-consumption profiles, but this is the first I've heard of an overall operational profile. Ford will be rolling out a feature called MyKey, which allows the different keys to force different functionality when driving, geared toward encouraging...
highlighted by jordan | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 28 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
A website that has been set up to illustrate John McCain's involvement in the S&L crisis has been getting a lot of attention lately. It's worth a watch."The current economic crisis demands that we...
highlighted by mtippett | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 31 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Bird flu is again knocking at the door of east asia,H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species. A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI...
" India's Hari Puttar is set to hit cinema screens this week after an Indian court rejected a Warner Bros. suit claiming the name was too close to its Harry Potter series. The court in its ruling Monday said people...
P. Diddy once said that "It's All About the Benjamins", but for one Memphis man it's all about the Lincolns. James Rhyne tried to pay for a meal using a counterfeit $100 bill featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln...
created by Jon Azpiri | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago 149 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations